This is the sixth year that the organising committee has included a major art exhibition as part of the Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend but it is the first year that the exhibition has featured the work of one artist. The artist featured is Eamon Colman who enjoys national and international critical acclaim and whose works are held in many important public and private collections in many parts of the world. During the 1990s Eamon was Chairman of the Artists’ Association of Ireland for two years and president of the European Council of Artists for five years.